The woman slowly awoke from her unconsciousness. Seeing the dark surroundings tinged with a faint green light, she screamed, "Where am I? How could you kidnap me? I'm calling the police! Let me go!"
She stared intently at the yellow prohibition strip on the iron gate, then her gaze fell on Ge Congze and Xia Yuanhou. In her memory, she had fallen asleep as soon as she saw these two people!
At this moment, eight people in the elevator were staring at her. The woman looked extremely disheveled. She endured the excruciating pain and got up. Seeing that none of them responded to her, she rushed into the elevator in desperation.
Ge Congze raised his leg and kicked the woman away with great force. The kick was extremely precise and controlled, without causing any serious injury! His skill was on full display at this moment.
Xia Yuanhou's eyes widened in astonishment. "Are you that skilled?"
Ge Congze ignored her. He turned to the woman on the ground, his tone gentle and slightly amused. "If you behave, take a walk around this hallway and check out what's in each room. After you've done it, we'll let you go. How about that?"
Su Wei added from the side, "Right now, you have no choice but to trust us. So just be a good boy and do as we say; that will lessen your suffering."
The woman's forehead was cut open, and blood streamed down her face. She gritted her teeth and glared at the crowd, finally letting out a long breath. "Fine, you'd better keep your word."
Ge Congze locked the door. "I'll open the door for you when you come back later."
The woman struggled to her feet and walked toward the room facing the elevator. As soon as she pushed open the door, she let out a scream! Instantly, her head exploded, her body shattered and fell away inch by inch, revealing stark white bones, which then dissolved.
The screams that came out of her body were extremely loud. She turned around with difficulty, but Su Qing turned her head away, unwilling to look anymore.
Almost the instant the woman turned around, Zhuang Xiaosheng pressed the close button and decisively said, "Let's go! This sixth floor is definitely not safe to go in; it's extremely eerie."
As the elevator doors slowly closed, the woman had already turned into a pile of minced meat, with bones mixed in.
Ge Congze calmly analyzed, "She died as soon as she opened the door. It seems there's a pattern to murders: opening the door. However, so far, it only applies to the sixth floor! Our current attempts to open doors haven't failed. Something's very wrong there; the air smells strongly of corpses."
Xie Fei frowned slightly, seemingly disgusted by the bloody scene from before. "Let's avoid that place, we won't go."
Si Yehan was in a good mood. The scene of the woman turning into mincemeat was quite interesting. If he could return to the outside world smoothly, he could start to create such a killing scene.
The group temporarily reached a consensus: going to the sixth floor was absolutely out of the question. However, that place was so eerie that it might be closely related to clearing the level, so they decided to go there once they found a way to protect themselves.
If not, we can only try our best to fill in the information from other sources!
The remaining floors, the fifth, third, second, and first floors, were explored very smoothly, and no similar situations as on the sixth floor occurred. However, no useful information was found; they only discovered that there were other people living in the building besides themselves.
The eight people were standing on the first floor, preparing to go upstairs when a sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside the building.
Outside, it was already dark, and the starlight was extremely faint. The lights in the funeral home courtyard were on, making the surroundings bright.
Si Yehan slowly turned around and looked at the doorway. He saw a middle-aged woman in work clothes walk in. Her eyes were lifeless and her face wore a mechanical smile, just like the one-armed old man from before.
The middle-aged woman's enthusiasm suddenly brightened when she saw the eight people. She introduced them, "Eight distinguished guests, what a coincidence! I was just about to ask you to Night Watch. You can stay in the auditorium until six o'clock tomorrow morning. You can sleep during that time, but please don't make too much noise."
Zhuang Xiaosheng nodded and smiled, "Okay, ma'am, could you please show us the way?"
The middle-aged woman quickly walked to the front. The distance from the staff dormitory to the mourning hall was quite short, taking no more than five or six minutes in total.
After leading them there, the middle-aged woman pulled over a girl from the counter nearby. "Distinguished guests, if you'd like some late-night snacks, you can ask Xiaoqian to get them for you, or she can do any small favors for you. She's bold and enthusiastic since she just started working. Just praise her to the director later. And please, don't leave the auditorium!"
After saying that, she left in a hurry. Xiaoqian, whom she had pulled over, had a warm smile on her face, "Distinguished guests, hello, my name is Ning Qian! It's a pleasure to serve you. During the Night Watch, you can't leave the auditorium, so if you need to go out to get something, I can help you."
Ning Qian paused for a moment, then added, "There's a restroom in the hall where we'll be keeping vigil, so please don't make too much noise. There are four ice coffins in this hall; they'll be buried together later. There are cushions nearby; you can sit on them."
Zhuang Xiaosheng nodded and said, "Okay, thank you."
Looking at Zhuang Xiaosheng's expression, Ning Qian seemed flattered. "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just a small matter, not worth thanking me for, it's all part of my job."
Before she could reply, the eight of them had already entered the hall.
Four ice coffins came into view, surrounded by a misty, cold aura. The coffins were covered with wreaths. In the distance hung a large character for "mourning," with four black and white photographs placed below.
The photo contained people of all ages, two men and two women, all with somewhat numb expressions. The two elderly men were particularly thin, with high cheekbones and brown skin covered in spots. Their lifeless gray eyes stared straight ahead, as if they were looking at the eight people through the photo!
Xia Yuanhou said with a somewhat solemn expression, "This photo is rather eerie; it gives me a chill down my spine."
Qianjing Youhui's eyes narrowed slightly as she moved her head and sat down on the cushion on the left. "In that case," she said, "Let's stop staring at the photos."
When Xie Fei saw the four photos, her pupils suddenly contracted, but she did not show her emotions and sat down on the cushion on the left with Qianjing Youhui.
The male is on the right and the female is on the left.
Before Si Yehan could even sit down, he didn't look at the black and white photos on the table. Instead, he walked to the coffin. His fingers brushed against the wreath on it, his expression indifferent, as he considered lifting the wreath to see the condition of the body inside.
After all, the thing most closely associated with ghosts in this instance right now is the four corpses lying here.
Seemingly sensing Si Yehan's intention, Ge Congze's voice came from the left rear. "Brother, it's best not to touch the coffin right after arriving. It's better to be cautious."
Si Yehan picked up the wreath and said calmly, "I won't open the coffin; I'll just check the condition of the corpse. Even if it really is a ghost, its killing pattern wouldn't be instant death upon sight, otherwise there would be no way to survive in this instance. The hints from those natives earlier were all related to sound."
Ge Congze didn't stop them and came forward to see. Zhuang Xiaosheng, Xia Yuanhou, and Qianjing Youhui also came over, leaving only Xie Fei, Su Qing, and Su Wei unmoved.
Si Yehan picked up and put down the wreaths on each ice coffin one by one. The corpses inside were made up with the makeup of the dead, and a corner of their deathly pale faces had slightly worn makeup, revealing their original skin color.
Perhaps because his eyelids were closed, his face after death exuded a sense of peace.
Xia Yuanhou his tongue in surprise. "These corpses don't seem like anything at first glance, but after so much time has passed, they've really become a bit creepy."
Ge Congze laughed, but not loudly. "Is this what you yourself meant by being bold and having a strong ability to accept things?"
The two started chatting idly again, and Zhuang Xiaosheng quietly moved over a bit.
Si Yehan remained seated, leaning against the wall, not observing the others' situation, but pondering the current dungeon and the plans for the outside world.